Amputation
,Amputation
• Amputation is surgery to remove all or part of a
limb or extremity. You may need an amputation if
you’ve undergone a severe injury or infection or
have a health condition like peripheral arterial
disease
, Indications
• Cancerous tumors in the limb.
• Frostbite.
• Gangrene (tissue death).
• Neuroma, or thickening of nerve tissue.
• Peripheral arterial disease (PAD), or blockage of the
arteries.
• Severe injury, such as from a car accident.
• Diabetes that leads to nonhealing or infected
wounds or tissue death.
,Amputation
• Amputation is surgery to remove all or part of a
limb or extremity. You may need an amputation if
you’ve undergone a severe injury or infection or
have a health condition like peripheral arterial
disease
, Indications
• Cancerous tumors in the limb.
• Frostbite.
• Gangrene (tissue death).
• Neuroma, or thickening of nerve tissue.
• Peripheral arterial disease (PAD), or blockage of the
arteries.
• Severe injury, such as from a car accident.
• Diabetes that leads to nonhealing or infected
wounds or tissue death.
